Lionel 6-25496 User manual

72-5496-250
12/07
Lionel
Texas Special
StationSounds Diner
Owner’s Manual
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Table of contents
Congratulations!
C
ongratulations on your purchase of the Lionel Texas Special StationSounds Diner. This
passenger car is equipped with realistic StationSounds and authentic interiors with
figures.
The Lionel StationsSounds Diner is designed for use on conventional or Command layouts. It
will negotiate most O-54 layouts, but O-72 or wider is recommended for optimum performance.
The RailSounds effects include:
• Brake Sounds: Triggered by the BRAKE command (Command mode only–the car must
be in motion).
• Brake Let-Off Sounds: Triggered by motion and stops in both Command and
conventional modes, or by direction changes in Command mode.
• Rail Clatter: This feature accurately recreates the sound of car wheels passing over
rail segments, timed to the speed of the car. It is triggered by motion in Command and
conventional modes.
• StationSounds: Unique departure, arrival and other announcements activated from your
CAB-1 Remote Controller in Command mode, and triggered by short horn/whistle blasts in
conventional mode.
Transformer operations
Coupling your Texas Special Passenger Cars 3
Turning on the lights in your Texas Special Passenger Cars 4
Conventional operation of StationSounds 5
TrainMaster Command operations
Command Control operation of StationSounds 6
StationSounds command table 7
Sample scripts 8-10
CAB-1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands for your StationSounds Car 11
Assigning your StationSounds Car a new ID# 12
Reprogramming the circuit boards to restore features 13
Maintaining and servicing your StationSounds Car
Replacing the lamps in your Texas Special Passenger Cars 14
Notes 15
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 16
The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under
law. All rights reserved.
Lionel®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds®, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™,
StationSounds™, Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1®Remote Controller,
PowerMaster®, Lionel ZW®, ZW®, PowerHouse®, TMCC®, Lionelville™, Lockon®, Wireless
Tether™, LionMaster®, FatBoy™, American Flyer®, TrainSounds™, PowerMax™, LEGACY™,
PowerMax™ Plus
The name FasTrack®is used with permission from Pitsco, Inc.

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Each Texas Special Passenger Car features two operating couplers. Figure 1 illustrates the location of the uncoupling mechanisms on your cars. To open the couplers, position the
truck on a Remote-Control or Uncoupling Track section (available separately, 6-65530 for
O gauge; 6-12746 or 6-65149 for O-27 gauge; or 6-12020 for FasTrack layouts) so that the
wheel closest to the coupler is directly above the magnet in the track. Once the car is in place,
press UNCOUPLE on the track controller to activate the Remote-Control or Uncoupling Track
section, releasing the coupler.
Coupling your Texas Special Passenger Cars
Transformer operations
Uncoupling
trigger
Figure 1. Uncoupling mechanism

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You will find a light switch on the bottom of your Texas Special Passenger Car. Slide this switch to”ON” to turn on the lights or to “OFF” to turn off the lights.
If you are operating a number of accessories or cars that require extra power, you may
choose to turn off the Texas Special Passenger Car lights to conserve power for the rest of your
layout.
Turning on the lights in your Texas Special Passenger Cars
OFF ON
OFF ON
Figure 2. Light ON/OFF switch location
Transformer operations
Light Switch

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Transformer operations
Conventional operation of StationSounds
In conventional mode, short horn/whistle blasts (under one second) are used to activate the StationSounds announcements. Table 1 below describes how StationSounds responds in
conventional mode.
Trigger Car Speed Timing Effect
Short Horn/ Stop Within 15 seconds Station arrival announcement,
Whistle Blast of stopping conductor exit announcement
(“Watch your step.”)
Short Horn/ Stop Over 15 seconds Station departure announcement,
Whistle Blast since stop conductor boarding announcement
(or on first power-up) (“All Aboard!”)
First Short Horn/ Running n/a Conductor welcomes passengers and
Whistle Blast collects tickets
Second Short Horn/ Running n/a Steward announces first seating in
Whistle Blast the dining car
Third Short Horn/ Running n/a Steward makes lounge car
Whistle Blast announcement
Bell started, Running n/a Conductor announces the next stop
Short Horn/
Whistle Blast
Use the volume control knob on the bottom of the car (see Figure 2 on page 4) to set the
volume to your desired level.
Some announcements contain random phrases and pauses. You will note some
variation during operation.
Note!
Table 1. StationSounds responses

TrainMaster Command operations
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Command Control operations of StationSounds
To operate in the Command Control environment, you need a Command Base (6-12911) and a CAB-1 Remote Controller (6-12868). You can find them both at your authorized
Lionel dealer.
Place your StationSounds Car on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
• Make sure that the track power is OFF before placing the StationSounds Diner on
the track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is plugged in and its communications wire
is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel transformer or the U post on any
of your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL. If you are using any
PowerMasters, be sure to slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD.
Address your StationSounds Car using your CAB-1
Remote Controller.
• Turn power on, then press ENG, 1. You are now ready to activate the Command
Control StationSounds features. Your StationSounds Car announcements will
respond according to Table 2 on page 7.
All Lionel command-equipped products come factory-programmed with an ID# of
1. (To change the ID#, see page 12.) Even though your StationSounds Car is not an
“engine,” it is still addressed using ENG on the CAB-1 Remote Controller. Use the
volume control on the bottom of the car (see Figure 4 on page 12) to set the volume
to your desired level.
Note!

TrainMaster Command operations
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Trigger Car Speed Effect
STOP Station Arrival Announcement
STOP Conductor: “Watch your step.”
(First trigger after Station Arrival Announcement)
STOP Conductor: “Watch your step.”
(Trigger any time while stopped.)
STOP Conductor: “All Aboard!”
STOP Station Departure Announcement
MOVING Conductor: “Welcome aboard.”
(First trigger after motion starts)
MOVING Conductor: “Tickets, please.”
(Second trigger after motion starts)
MOVING Steward Dining Announcement(1)
(In motion for less than 1.5 minutes) (Alternating with Lounge Service)
MOVING Steward Dining Announcement(2)
(In motion for more than 1.5 minutes) ((Alternating with Lounge Service)
MOVING Steward Lounge Service Announcement
(In motion for more than 3 minutes)
MOVING Conductor: “Next stop!”
Table 2. StationSounds Command table
Some functions described above require you to press two keys in sequence, using the AUX1 button
as a “prefix” before the numeric key. Pressing the same numeric key without the “prefix” will
produce a different function. If you have pressed the AUX1 button for other reasons (e.g., to open
the keypad on your CAB-1 Remote Controller), you can still trigger a “non-prefixed” function by
pressing the number 6(the unassigned numeric key) before triggering your desired function.
Also note that pressing the number 2by itself immediately after you have played a Station Arrival
Announcement will make the conductor say “Watch your step”; subsequent presses of the 2button
will cause the conductor to say “All Aboard!” This permits you to step through an entire arrival/
departure script with single button presses. Additional “Watch your step” announcements may be
triggered at any time while the car is stopped by pressing the AUX1, 2 keys, if desired.
StationSounds command table

TrainMaster Command operations
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Example 1 below shows you how to perform a complete arrival/departure script to and from
an imaginary train station with a PA announcer.
Announcements using 7are “station” announcements, and those using 2are
conductor/steward announcements. Refer to Figure 3 on the following page to see
how StationSounds operates on a round trip.
Sample scripts
Train pulls into the station and stops:
Press * Station PA announces train arrival
Press * Conductor assists arriving passengers
Press * Station PA announces train departure
Press * Conductor calls “All Aboard!”
Train pulls out of station and starts trip:
Press Conductor welcomes the passengers
Press Conductor collects the tickets
Press Steward announces first seating in the dining car
Press
After a minute and a half, steward announces second seating in the
dining car or lounge car service
Press After 3 minutes, steward announces lounge service
Train approaches station:
Press Conductor informs passengers of next stop
Train pulls into station and stops.
*These functions may be repeated, if desired, by pressing the same key(s) again.
Note how the pattern can be repeated for multiple stops.
Example 1. Arrival/departure script
Note!

TrainMaster Command operations
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Example 2 shows how to perform a short arrival/departure script to and from a small station
without a PA announcer.
Train pulls into station and stops:
Press Conductor assists arriving passengers
Press Conductor calls “All aboard!”
Train pulls out of station and starts trip:
NOTE: The script sequence for the train in motion is the same as on the previous page.
IN STATION
“Now arriving”
“Watch your step”
“Now departing”
“All aboard”
“Welcome
aboard”
“Dining car
first seating”
“Tickets,
please”
“Next stop
coming up”
“Lounge car-
drinks”
“Dining car
second seating”
EN ROUTE
Note how the
pattern can be
repeated for
multiple stops.
Figure 3. StationSounds on a round trip
Example 2. Short arrival/departure script
Sample scripts (continued)

TrainMaster Command operations
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To make operation easier, program your StationSounds Car with the same number as your
engine (see page 12). Your engine will respond to the same commands if equipped with
CrewTalk communication and TowerCom announcements, and brake sounds will come from
both units. If you wish to program your StationSounds Car into a lash-up, you must assign it
as a “front” engine to enable the announcements.
Assign the StationsSounds Car the same number as the lead engine in a lash-up.
StationSounds will not play if the car shares an ID# with the other engines.
As you experiment with your StationSounds Car, you will note that it is possible to have
multiple announcements running simultaneously. For example, with your StationSounds Car
stopped, press the first two announcements on page 8 in quick succession. You will hear them
overlap with almost as much commotion as a real train station. If your engine has CrewTalk
communication and TowerCom announcements, these announcements will also “overlap”
with your StationSounds Car, unless your engine is equipped with a seven second delay on the
TowerCom announcements.
Sample scripts (continued)
Note!